Decision details

Consideration was given to the commercially sensitive information in relation to Item 7: Wireless Infrastructure Replacement.

Resolved:

That Cabinet authorises the replacement of the existing Cisco Wireless AP’s with the Fortinet Range of Wireless AP’s and redeploy the appropriate number of Meraki Wireless AP’s Points at the Civic Centre to replace the existing Cisco Wireless AP’s. The old Cisco Wireless Infrastructure can then be decommissioned. By utilising the FortiNet solution this gives a significant saving compared to equivalent Cisco wireless infrastructure, which is currently circa £430K for hardware alone without installation, implementation and support. Additionally, by redeploying the existing Meraki Wireless AP’s at the Civic Centre this also reduces costs further.